Lucky man survives after his car plummets 100ft from Brighton cliff

CLIFF: The car was dragged in to shore by the emergency services after the terrifying fall [EDDIE MITCHELL]

The 33-year-old man not only escaped the black Ford Focus but came out without any serious injuries too, police said.

Officers were called to the scene late last night after the driver had lost control of his car on the A259 in Roedean, near Brighton, Sussex.

As the vehicle strayed off of the cliff, the driver seemed doomed but somehow the car ended up scraping the rocks and flipping into the sea - softening the blow.

More than 22 emergency service workers were called to help save the man as he remained stranded in the water.

He is now said to be treated at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton.

PLUNGE: The car was almost obliterated by the fall [EDDIE MITCHELL]

“Incredibly a man escaped without serious injury after his car went over the cliff near Roedean just after midnight and ended up in the sea.”

Chief Superintendent Nev Kemp

A Newhaven Coastguard spokesman explained how specially trained rescuers helped bring in the man using ropes and ladders.

He said: "The casualty was secured into Newhaven Coastguards rescue stretcher and then using some of our cliff rescue equipment, we were able to slide the stretcher up the ladders.

"With nine members of various agencies on the three ropes and two of the Newhaven team at the top of the ladder, we were able to bring the casualty up from the beach where they were handed into the care of paramedics."

He confirmed one rescuer made his way to the vehicle to check for any other people.

Chief Superintendent of Sussex police, Nev Kemp, tweeted after the incident: "Incredibly a man escaped without serious injury after his car went over the cliff near Roedean just after midnight and ended up in the sea."

A spokesperson for Brighton and Newhaven Lifeboat crews, who were also sent to the crash site, said: "With approximately 22 emergency service workers from various agencies as well as two lifeboat crews this was fantastic team work leading to a swift extraction of the casualty."